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Health > Births and maternity Stats: compare key data on Ireland & United States

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STAT Ireland United States HISTORY
All births of boys 37,245
Ranked 20th.
2.11 million
Ranked 1st. 57 times more than Ireland

Average age of mother at childbirth 31.2
Ranked 3rd. 11% more than United States
28
Ranked 18th.

Births attended by skill personnel 100%
Ranked 3rd. 1% more than United States
99%
Ranked 16th.

Caesarean birth rate 25%
Ranked 30th.
31%
Ranked 13th. 24% more than Ireland

Crude birth rate 16.5
Ranked 23th. 22% more than United States
13.5
Ranked 24th.

Future births 68.62
Ranked 113th.
5,124.49
Ranked 4th. 75 times more than Ireland

Infant mortality rate 3.4
Ranked 171st.
6
Ranked 151st. 76% more than Ireland

Maternal death rate 6 per 100,000 live births
Ranked 164th.
21 per 100,000 live births
Ranked 131st. 4 times more than Ireland

Maternity leave > Weeks of leave given 112
Ranked 7th. 2 times more than United States
52
Ranked 83th.
Number of births 73,724
Ranked 25th.
4.13 million
Ranked 1st. 56 times more than Ireland

Number of births per thousand people 16.48
Ranked 22nd. 22% more than United States
13.46
Ranked 23th.

Teenage birth rate 16.3
Ranked 54th.
34.2
Ranked 18th. 2 times more than Ireland

Total fertility rate 1.97%
Ranked 37th.
1.99%
Ranked 33th. 1% more than Ireland

Twin births 1,206
Ranked 33th.
137,217
Ranked 1st. 114 times more than Ireland

Twin births per million people 270.47
Ranked 37th.
447.29
Ranked 7th. 65% more than Ireland

Triplet births per million people 3.14
Ranked 43th.
19.25
Ranked 9th. 6 times more than Ireland

Abortion > When abortion is legal > Rape or incest Illegal Legal
Single births 74,335
Ranked 28th.
3.99 million
Ranked 1st. 54 times more than Ireland

Future births per million people 15.37
Ranked 124th. 12% more than United States
13.79
Ranked 135th.

Abortion > When abortion is legal > To preserve mental health Illegal Legal
Abortion > When abortion is legal > On request Illegal Legal
Abortion > When abortion is legal > Economic or social reasons Illegal Legal
All births of boys per thousand people 8.12
Ranked 5th. 18% more than United States
6.89
Ranked 36th.

Triplet births 14
Ranked 40th.
5,905
Ranked 1st. 422 times more than Ireland

Quadruplet and quintuplet births 1
Ranked 21st.
435
Ranked 2nd. 435 times more than Ireland

Abortion > When abortion is legal > To preserve physical health Illegal Legal
Abortion > When abortion is legal > Foetal impairment Illegal Legal
Quadruplet and quintuplet births per million people 0.224
Ranked 16th.
1.42
Ranked 9th. 6 times more than Ireland

All births of girls 35,046
Ranked 21st.
2.02 million
Ranked 1st. 58 times more than Ireland

All births of girls per thousand people 7.64
Ranked 5th. 16% more than United States
6.57
Ranked 35th.

Percent of births registered >90 >90
Abortion > When abortion is legal > To save the woman's life Legal Legal
Single births per thousand people 16.67
Ranked 7th. 28% more than United States
13
Ranked 14th.

SOURCES: United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Population Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Children's Fund. Source tables; United Nations Population Division. Source tables; United Nations Population Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Population Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Population Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Population Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; World Health Organization. Source tables

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